Auf der anderen Seite / The Edge of Heaven / Në anën tjetër / Na drugoj strani


Drama, 2007, 122 min. Director: Fatih Akin
Eröffnungsfilm; geladene Gäste. Opening Film; invited guests only. No English subtitles!

Auf der anderen Seite

Sechs Menschen, deren Wege sich auf schicksalhafte Weise kreuzen, ohne sich zu berühren. Erst der Tod führt sie zusammen, auf einer emotionalen Reise zur Vergebung.

Als der Witwer Ali die Prostituierte Yeter überredet, bei ihm einzuziehen, ist sein Sohn Nejat irritiert. Nejat taut erst auf, als er erfährt, dass sie ihrer Tochter Ayten regelmäßig Geld für ihr Studium schickt. Nach Yeters plötzlichem Tod reist Nejat in die Türkei, um Ayten zu suchen. Die politische Aktivistin Ayten ist jedoch vor der türkischen Polizei nach Deutschland geflüchtet und bei einer jungen Frau, Lotte, untergetaucht. Als sie von der Polizei aufgegriffen und in die Türkei zurückgeschickt wird, macht sich Lotte auf die Suche nach der Freundin.


The Edge of Heaven

Linked by death, the fragile lives of six people connect on emotional journeys toward forgiveness and reconciliation

Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's sudden death distances father and son. Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter's daughter Ayten. Political activist Ayten has fled the Turkish police and is already in Germany. She is befriended by a young woman, Lotte, who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her conservative mother Susanne. When Ayten is arrested and her asylum plea is denied, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey, where she gets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten. 


Në anën tjetër

Gjashtë njerëz, rrugët e të cilëve kryqëzohen pa u prekur fare. Vetëm vdekja i bashkon drejt një udhëtimi emocional të faljes.

Nejati kundërshton babain e tij vjenan Aliun, kur ky e bind prostitutën Jeter që të jetojë me të. Mirëpo, Nejati kthehet vetëm atëherë, kur kupton se ajo rregullisht dërgon të holla për në Turqi për t’ia paguar vajzës së saj Ajtenes studimet. Pas vdekjes së papritur të Jeterit Nejati udhëton për në Turqi për ta kërkuar Ajtenen. Aktivistja politike Ajten i ka ikur policisë turke dhe tani gjendet  në Gjermani. Ajo shoqërohet me një grua të re, Lotën, e cila e fsheh atë në shtëpinë e saj. Kur Ajtenin e kap policia dhe e kthen për në Turqi, Lota niset për ta kërkuar shoqen e saj.


Na drugoj strani

Šest osoba čiji se putevi ukrštavaju bez dodirivanja. Jedino ih smrt spaja na emocionalnom putu ka oproštaju.

Nejat se protivi odluci svog oca udovca, Alia da živi sa prostitutkom Jeter. Nejat se vraća tek kada saznaje da ona redovno šalje novac u Tursku kako bi platila studije svojoj kćeri Ajten. Nakon iznenadne smrti Jeter, Nejat odlazi u Tursku u potrazi za Ajten. Ajten, politička aktivistkinja je u begu od turske policije i sada se nalazi u Nemačkoj. Ona postaje prijateljica sa jednom mladom ženom Lote, koja je skriva u svojoj kući. Kada policija pronalazi Ajten i vraća je u Tursku, Lote polazi na put u potrazi za svojom prijateljicom. 


Cast: Baki Davrak, Nejat Aksu, Nursel Köse, Yeter Öztürk, Hanna Schygulla, Susanne Staub, Tunçel Kurtiz, Ali Aksu, Nurgül Yeşilçay, Ayten Öztürk

Director’s Biography: FATIH AKIN

Fatih Akin was born in 1973 in Hamburg of Turkish parentage. His father, immigrated in 1965 works is a carpet cleaner, the mother is a primary school teacher. Akin tell his family background in the documentary “Wir haben vergessen zurückzukehren“ (2001). During his school time he is involved in a theater group, writes short stories and scripst, tries shooting on Super8. He began studying Visual Communications at Hamburg's College of Fine Arts in 1994. In 1995, he wrote and directed his first short feature, "Sensin - You're The One!" ("Sensin - Du Bist Es!"). His second short film, "Weed" ("Getürkt", 1996), received several national and international festival prizes. His first full length feature film, "Short Sharp Shock" ("Kurz Und Schmerzlos", 1998) won the Bronze Leopard at Locarno and the Bavarian Film Award (Best Young Director) in 1998. His other films include: "In July" ("Im Juli", 2000), "Solino" (2002), the Berlinale Golden Bear-winner and winner of the German and European Film Awards "Head-On" ("Gegen Die Wand", 2003), and "Crossing the Bridge - The Sound of Istanbul" (2005). He was jury at the Cannes film festival in 2005, where “The edge of heaven” received the award for best script. He is also co-founder of the production company Corazon International.